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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1949
Page
14
Chicago livestock market reports show hogs slipping 25 to 50 cents per hundredweight as buyers faced 1,000 more hogs on sale than expected. Cattle and sheep held steady to firm with steady to strong demand. hogs under 330 pounds fell, larger hogs down up to 50 cents. Receipts totaled about 2,500 calves and 200 cows with varied prices across weights.
Hog receipts 3500 active steady to 50c lower with declines over 240 lbs. Barrows and gilts 180-240 lbs at 21.50 to 22.00. 240-270 lbs 29.50. 270-300 lbs 26.20. 330-360 lbs 19.75. Cattle receipts 1900 calves 75. Steady for good fed steers and yearlings around 21.00-22.00. load prices up to 23.50 for good fed heifers. Cows 16.50-17.50. canners 14.50-15.00. Sheep and lambs 300 receipts, steady demand. 106 lb and up best at 26.75. slaughter ewes around 100.00.
Market prices list hogs, cattle, calves, sheep and bulls by weight and grade. Prime butchers top at 20 75 per cwt with various weights and packers values noted, plus calf and sheep rates, wholesale fruits and produce, poultry, eggs, hay and rough futures.
The Chicago market showed minimal moves with wheat and corn down a cent early then rebounding. Soybeans slipped about a cent, while oats and rye stayed near unchanged. Cash provisions and livestock markets in Chicago Sioux City reflect mixed, modest shifts across corn, oats, and barley, with varied hog and cattle pricing the day’s note.
Offers for cheddar blocks and singles described in mixed spellings include white and colored Cheddars in boxes of 20 lb and 60 lb, 18 to 30-day aged colored blocks in pliofilm, with prices ranging around 29 to 39 cents per pound and various car quantities.
In New York the stock market closed mixed as demand improved near the close after early declines. Prices drifted downward at times but enough losses became small gains, leaving no strong lift and a balance of fractional gains and losses.
Chicago market notes show pork and poultry receipts including 8 trucks with steady colored springs at 33 cents a pound and 28 cents for colored fryers. Cheese prices mainly 31 to 33 cents, butter around 60 to 61 cents per pound. eggs about 41 to 42 cents per dozen. Live hog and beef items listed with varied scores and carlot prices, plus rail shipments and regional arrivals.
Record shows unchanged scores for items labeled 93, 89, and 90 with minor variations in price. Egos firm mixed with heavyweight and white fancy featherweight categories also hold steady, including receipts totaling 118.030 units, while other large lots show no price movement.
Raw cattle market notes from Kansas City listing calves offered and steer prices. Reports few lots in good to choice condition around 1300 pounds with prices near 23 to 25 dollars per cwt and some common to medium grades around 16 to 17 dollars. inconsistent receipts.
Weather notes list Cedar River at River Street stages with readings around sixty six to sixty seven, noting no change at certain gages and indicating conditions in Hastings and nearby towns in Mississippi region.
The Rev John Howard Melish, 74, refused to resign from his New York church after bishop Rt Rev James P. DeWolfe ordered him out. Melish cites congregational support as he and the parish meeting set for Monday to review the case. The dispute stems from Melish’s son’s outside role with the National Council of American Soviet Friendship, deemed subversive by the attorney general.
Chicago federal court appointed Trustees John H. Chatz and Aaron Connon to run the Tucker Corporation under bankruptcy laws. They may hire staff, set salaries, and perform necessary actions for proper management as Judge Michael L. Igoe ordered a report by May 2 on reorganization plans.
Des Moines reports the Republican state central committee will meet next Monday to pick a successor to Robert Klaver as GOP publicity director. Klaver, who has held the post since 1947, resigned recently to enter private business.
National City Bank of New York analyzes 185 manufacturing firms showing 14 percent sales drop and 51 percent earnings decline on average. Large gains by some lifted overall 1948 results though many firms faced steeper losses as costs and inventories adjusted.
Cedar Rapids Broadcasting Corporation starts building its KCRI station at 213 First Street SW. Permits total 19 000 dollars for the studio and transmitter on Robbins Road. Morgan Sexton of Clinton named manager. Opening date not yet set per president Paul Huston.
Leroy George Scott 39 began a 40 day jail term in Waterloo after District Judge W T Evans overruled a new trial motion. The trial featured screening of police intoxication tests and movies of Scott, the first such evidence shown to a Iowa jury. Scott was convicted on February 3.
Townsend Victory Club No 8 will meet Sunday at 6 p m in the K P hall for supper business session and motion pictures. Nearby events include church services in Walford and Fairfax led by Dr W C Cleworth with worship at 10 and 11 am and youth activities at 7 30 pm.
A natural gas pipeline explosion near North Vernon Indiana ignited flames destroying a house barn and several outbuildings on Nester Jones farm. A farm woman sustained minor burns as Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation lines Big Inch and Little Inch run nearby. It marked the fourth Indiana pipeline blast in a year.
Uniform employment practices in public schools were reviewed at a joint meeting of the Iowa Association of School Boards and the Iowa State Education Association. Topics included a 190 day contract year proposal, a 3 term school year bill pending in the general assembly, salary schedules, sick leave, and contract termination rules.
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Isabella Magee Flanagan widow of Homer Wellington Flanagan died at her daughter Mrs. Marion Lindley 599 Seventh Avenue Marion at a.m. Friday after a long illness. Surviving daughters include Mrs. Blanche Jamison Long Beach Calif Mrs. Daisy Ritchie Cedar Rapids and Mrs. Gertrude Oakes Lafayette Ind. Also 12 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Services Monday at 4 p.m. in Turner chapel with Rev. C V R De Jong of Marion officiating. Burial Oak Shade cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Marion voters will choose a new mayor on March 28 with M H Biddick leading the Citizens ticket after taking office following a resignation. Several council candidates seek re election including Lassen Davis Jones Waffle Franke Willet and others. March 12 is the filing deadline.
Mrs Hansen fell on an icy sidewalk in west Cedar Rapids Tuesday evening and was hospitalized with a slight concussion. Four stitches closed a head wound. Edward Ledvina of 654 Eighth Street is recovering from bronchial pneumonia.
E P Adler publisher of the Daily Times and Lee Syndicate president, was honored at funeral services in Temple Emanuel and later at Trinity Episcopal Church. The throng from New York to Denver filled the Jewish and later the Episcopal church, with Adler dying at St Luke’s Hospital. His body lay in state at Hills and Fredericks mortuary and at his residence, as thousands paid tribute.
Martin E Casey of Davenport and currently on the Marquette University faculty in Milwaukee is named assistant to the president and director of public relations at St Ambrose College. He will assume duties August 1, announced Rt. Rev Msgr. Ambrose J. Burke, the college president.
Local newspaper lists ad rates for 1 3 7 day placements and a note of consecutive word counts. Filed notices include several lost items such as a light brown male dog named Pritz a German police dog and a ladies Elgin watch with rewards offered.
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